A new coalition’s success in the latest Beirut elections could be the start of something big

If change is ever to come to stagnant Arab political systems that have long lumbered beneath the control of sectarian and other entrenched forces, historians may look back on the Beirut municipal elections held Sunday as a turning point. When the voting took place, one main question caught people’s attention: Would the upstart Beirut Madinati (Beirut…